Amazon has recently launched its super efficient drive-thru grocery store over the pond in Seattle - and it looks as though one could be pulling up to a street you soon.

The online retail giant's much anticipated drive-thru grocery store has applied for final licences ready for opening in the USA and e-commerce delivery experts ParcelHero say Scotland's shoppers could also soon be parking up for groceries in Glasgow.

Plans for the 9,700 square-foot building describe it as a "new model of grocery shopping", with customers placing their orders online, then drive in for their 15-minute to two-hour window have their groceries delivered straight to their cars.

And e-commerce delivery specialists say expect the Amazon drive-ins arrive in the UK as well - as early as this year.

ParcelHero’s Head of Consumer Research, David Jinks MILT, says: "Whether you're American or British, everyone hates waiting around for grocery deliveries. Now you can cruise up and have your car loaded with your week’s order at the time you choose. And you don’t even need to get out of your car!"

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And the good news is that many of the pilot projects Amazon trials first in Seattle come to the UK next for scaled-up testing. David explains: "The UK was the first place outside the USA for testing when Amazon started its own logistics organisation; when it pioneered one hour Prime Now deliveries; when it started Amazon Pantry and Amazon 1-hour groceries; and it will likely happen with the Amazon drive-thru as well."

And ParcelHero reveals there is already speculation about where the first will appear. The online parcel broker believes Glasgow is likely to be one of the first cities to gain a grocery drive-thru.

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David added: "Amazon’s supply-chain partner Morrisons has a huge Distribution Centre just outside Glasgow in Bellshill, and 85,000 sq ft of this enormous facility is dedicated to fresh produce. Additionally, Amazon’s own large Dunfermline depot is just 40 miles away; making it the most likely choice of Scottish cities."

ParcelHero also predicts drive-thru’s could arrive shortly south of the border in London, Birmingham, Glasgow, St Albans and Taunton.